Female Undergarment Suspenders

ABSTRACT

Women&#39;s undergarment suspenders that give the wearer a smoother and slimmer looking silhouette; and keep jeans and pants closely fitted at the waist to prevent gaping, butt cleavage, sagging, muffin top, and the need to constantly pull the pants up without the need for a belt or alterations. The suspenders are attached to the pants with strap attachment members that are discrete and easily attach to belt loops or similar loop like provision on the waistline of the wearer&#39;s pants. The suspenders easy to put on and take off, discrete, not visible under clothing, comfortable, conforms to body movement, fits all sizes, has adjustable straps that accommodate different heights, lines up with bra straps, has an adjustable back to accommodate different tops and is made with lingerie/elastic straps that hook onto or around belt loops and go over the shoulders.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Provisional application No. 62/045,640, filed on Sep. 4, 2014.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is in the technical field of suspenders and morespecifically relates to a class of undergarment suspenders of the typethat helps keep fitted jeans and pants in place and prevents sagging andgaping and other movement of jeans and pants which changes theirappearance on the waist.

Suspenders are fabric or leather straps worn over the shoulders to holdup pants. Straps may be elasticated, either entirely or only atattachment ends, but most straps are of woven cloth forming an X or Yshape at the back. The straps are typically attached to pants withbuttons using leather tabs at the ends or with clips. Furthermore, pantsworn with suspenders should be slightly loose to hang correctly.Suspenders are made primarily for men and do not hang correctly orprovide sufficient support for women.

Jeans and pants have a tendency to stretch and move to various parts ofa wearer's waistline throughout the day. This can become veryproblematic for women wearing fitted jeans or pants because, as theystretch or the woman moves around, the jeans or pants tend to slide downto a wider part of her waist and cut into her body, sag in the buttocksarea, or gape in the back. Suspenders, even undergarment suspenders, donot provide enough support to hold women's jeans or pants in placethroughout the day. They are also too bulky, do not offer the rightamount of elasticity, are not discrete, have bulky clips that do notflatter the waistline, have clips that do not stay securely clamped onto the waistline of fitted bottoms and do not effectively keep women'sjeans and pants in place.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides for improved suspenders which can be wornby women as an undergarment that gives the wearer a smoother lookingsilhouette; keeps jeans and pants closely fitted at the waist; andprevents gaping, butt cleavage, sagging, muffin top, and the need toconstantly pull the pants up without the use of a belt or alterations.Said suspenders are attached to the pants with strap attachment membersthat are discrete and easily attach to belt loops or similar loop likeprovision on the waistline of the wearer's pants. In one embodiment, theinvention is easy to put on and take off, discrete, not visible underclothing, comfortable, conforms to body movement, fits all sizes, hasadjustable straps that accommodate different heights, lines up with brastraps, has an adjustable back to accommodate different tops and is madewith lingerie/elastic straps that hook onto or around belt loops and goover the shoulders.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now to the invention in more detail, in FIG. 1 there is showna pair of suspenders which includes a harness 10 worn on the wearer'supper body having two straps 14 and 16 which are attached together atlower end 12 in a position on the lower back of the wearer when thesuspenders are worn. They can be connected by any mechanism or methodwhich securely affixes them together, such as by being sewn together.

In further detail, still referring to the invention in FIG. 1, harness10 has three strap attachment members 18, 20 and 22 that connect theharness 10 to the pants by hooking onto or around the belt loops.

Lower end 12 of harness 10 is connected to pants by hooking onto oraround the back belt loop using strap attachment member 18 and straps 14and 16 extend up the wearer's back and splits into two straps 14 and 16,a right strap 14 and a left strap 16. The right strap 14 extends overthe wearer's right shoulder and then down the wearer's body where it isconnected to the wearer's pants by hooking strap attachment member 20onto or around one of the belt loops located on the front or side of thepants on the right side of the wearer's body. The left strap 16 extendsover the wearer's left shoulder and then down the wearer's body where itis connected to the wearer's pants by hooking strap attachment member 22onto or around one of the belt loops located on the front or side of thepants on the left side of the wearer's body.

Each strap 14 and 16 has a slider 26 and 28 which allows the wearer toadjust the length of each strap by moving the slider 26 and 28 up ordown to accommodate to the wearer's height and as needed to maintainenough tension to keep the wearer's pants in place.

A third slider 24 allows the wearer to adjust at which location straps14 and 16 split by moving said slider 24 up or down starting at lowerend 12 and extending up the wearer's back as needed to accommodatedifferent style tops and for the wearer's comfort.

In further detail, still referring to the invention in FIG. 1, thelength of straps 14 and 16 is sufficiently long enough to fit over thewearer's torso. Plus an additional amount which us used to adjust thesuspenders for different sizes and shapes of the wearers. The width ofthe strap can vary depending on the wearer's preference.

Another possibility involves the wearer, after connecting the frontstraps 14 and 16 to the wearer's pants with strap attachment members 20and 22, sliding each strap 14 and 16 off of the shoulders, rotating eachstrap 14 and 16 180 degrees to create an “X” shape with each strap 14and 16, then putting each arm through the upper loop created by the “X”by each strap 14 and 16 and then sliding each strap 14 and 16 back overthe wearer's shoulder.

Another possibility involves the right and left strap attachment members20 and 22 being pulled through the front or side belt loops towards theback of the wearer's body and extending through the belt loopshorizontally around the wearer's body towards the back and thenconnecting to strap attachment member 18 under or around the back beltloop.

The advantages of the present invention include, without limitation, isthat it is a set of thin straps made of lingerie elastic or similarfabric or material and discrete hooks that hook onto or around the beltloops and go over the shoulders thus making it easy to put on and takeoff, discrete, not visible under clothing, comfortable, it conforms tobody movement, fits all sizes, has adjustable straps that accommodatedifferent heights, lines up with bra straps, can be worn over and underother clothing, and has an adjustable back to accommodate differenttops.

In broad embodiment, the present invention is women's undergarmentsuspenders that function to give the wearer a smoother lookingsilhouette; keep jeans and pants closely fitted at the waist; andprevent gaping, butt cleavage, sagging, muffin top, and the need toconstantly pull the pants up without the use of a belt or alterations.And that are attached to the pants with discrete hooks that easilyattach to belt loops or similar loop like provision attached to awearer's pants.

While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one ofordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be thebest mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand andappreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents ofthe specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The inventionshould therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment,method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within thescope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:
 1. Suspenders for wearing over the shoulders of aperson and for attachment to the waistband of the person's pants, thesuspenders comprising: at least one strap member having a first end anda second end; and at least two strap attachment members; wherein saidstrap attachment members are attached to said first end and said secondend of said strap member.